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		<title>Which language do Hong Kong people speak better? English or Mandarin??</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Mandarin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantonese]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know Cantonese(粵語) is the most widely spoken language in Hong Kong.
Many Hong Kong people speak Cantonese as their first language.
Then what is Hong Kong people's second language?
Is it English or Mandarin(Putonghua普通話)?
Which language do Hong Kong people generally speak better?
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		<title>Is it worth studying Mandarin as a second language?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Mandarin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am half Chinese and my friends and family have been encouraging me to study Mandarin. Has anyone also tried to study Mandarin? Has it been helpful and was it easy for you? Can you give me good websites where I can start off or perhaps CD which I could use personally ie i can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cantonese being the national language? Why not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guangdong province]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandarin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northerners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qing government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason that Mandarin became a national language has to do with the political power vested in the Northerners and that the capital is at Beijing.  If Sun Yat Sen, after he overthrew the Qing government were to start the national capital in Guangdong province, would that make Cantonese the national language?
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		<title>How do you say &#8221; I am going to drive next year&#8221; in chinese pinyin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Written and Spoken Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandarin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
in mandarin
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		<title>Mandarin Chinese pronunciation (pinyin)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Written and Spoken Chinese]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I have a number of questions about Mandarin pinyin pronunciation:
1. How do you know when &#34;i&#34; in pinyin should be pronounced &#34;uh&#34; or &#34;ee&#34; or &#34;er&#34; as in the English word &#34;fur&#34; (examples of usage in chi and shi)? I've heard it as all these ways and am very confused as to which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning on taking Mandarin Chinese in college. Any tips on learning the language?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Mandarin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[few words]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have dated asian girls in the past and picked up a few words, but i plan on moving to somewhere that speaks Mandarin in the future.  How can I learn to speak the quickest?
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		<title>American Born Chinese taking Chinese Foreign Language Class in College?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Languages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little bit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandarin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am chinese, but was born in the states and English is my primary language. When I was little, my parents spoke cantonese a lot so now I can speak it very well. I can understand a little bit of mandarin, but I can't write chinese at all. Can I take chinese as a course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which language originated first, Cantonese or Mandarin?</title>
		<link>http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/which-language-originated-first-cantonese-or-mandarin.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandarin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhythm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am curious, if supposedly Mandarin came before Cantonese, how can it be explained that poems, existing before the Ming dynasty which supposedly when Mandarin originated, have more rhythm in Cantonese?
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		<title>How can i learn the chinese languages mandarin &amp; cantonese ?</title>
		<link>http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/how-can-i-learn-the-chinese-languages-mandarin-cantonese.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Mandarin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Languages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandarin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can I learn the chinese languages mandarin &#38; cantonese ? I don't have any money to go into an extra class in my school or to take classes outside of school, how can I learn these languages ? There is an chinese girl in school who i want to date so i want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anybody interested in Mandarin/English language exchange in Kingston, Ontario, Canada (dinning together)?</title>
		<link>http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/anybody-interested-in-mandarinenglish-language-exchange-in-kingston-ontario-canada-dinning-together.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.chineselanguagenow.com/anybody-interested-in-mandarinenglish-language-exchange-in-kingston-ontario-canada-dinning-together.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Mandarin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[english language exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kingston ontario canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandarin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taiwanese]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We can have a dinner together!
Anybody interested in Mandarin/English language exchange in Kingston, Ontario, Canada?
I am a Taiwanese who speaks both Mandarin and English. I am studying at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. If you speak English and you are interested in learning Mandarin, please message me.
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